Articles by: Susanta Bhattacharyya

"There is no such thing as Palestinians; they never existed" was the haughty proclamation of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, the ‘Iron Lady’ of Israeli politics. From its ..
(January 11, 2009)

After Mr. Ratan Tata's pullout of the Nano project from Singur was announced, the industry minister of Bengal expressed in a glum voice that he doesn't feel like living in Bengal anymore. The chief ..
(October 04, 2008)

The unyielding campaigners against land acquisition say that opposing land acquisition is not necessarily an anti industry mind-set. See how our leader Mamata Banerjee always pronounces that she ..
(September 23, 2008)

One of Mamata Banerjee's greatest achievements in Bengal today is the peculiar beehive she has constructed around herself. This conglomeration comprises virgin Marxists, ultra communists, political ..
(August 27, 2008)

Nirad Majumdar first went to Paris when he received a French government scholarship in 1946. In Kolkata, he was a founder member of the Calcutta Group, the first progressive art group of India. ..
(June 21, 2008)

On October 1967, the Bolivian army, assisted by the CIA agent Félix Rodríguez murdered Che Guevara in the remote Bolivian mountains. After the murder, they dismembered his two hands from the body ..
(June 24, 2008)

It will not be hard to recall the name of Chandramohan Srilamantula. The master's degree student of Department of Graphics at the Fine Arts College in Baroda who was jailed for displaying artworks in .
(June 25, 2008)

The Indian media space is buzzing with the one and only issue: the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. According to the media pundits, a better way of telling will be the ‘Spoilsport Left and the Indo-US ..
(July 03, 2008)

The Bush administration is visibly working overtime to finalize the nuclear deal with India. There are many indications that president George Bush is personally pursuing the deal to get it pass in ..
(July 20, 2008)